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Politics● Low2h ago · Nov 7, 2026, 7:44 PM

Trump asks UFC chief Dana White to be his new press secretary: ‘please take the job’

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · North America

US President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has offered the job of White House press secretary to his friend and UFC boss Dana White, an announcement unconventional even for the norm-busting leader and one that nobody in the White House immediately confirmed. Trump, while he was at his golf club in Florida, posted on social media that he made the offer to “the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior” to become the Republican president’s chief spokesman. Trump said he requested that...

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